12-18-2004, 01:23 PM
<!--QuoteBegin-Kaushal+Dec 17 2004, 09:24 PM-->QUOTE(Kaushal @ Dec 17 2004, 09:24 PM)<!--QuoteEBegin--> My view of Advaita , Dwaita and the rest is that whether a particular darsana appeals to an individual depending on their stage in life, the particular mix of gunas(satvic, rajasik and Tamasik) in the individual. In fact the same person could subscribe to all three darsanas depending on their stage in life.
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I agree Kaushal.
The Mahavakyas are most clear, yet a path to those truths thru temple worship and love and devotion of a Personal God instils a dvaitic relationship. Most Hindus are dvaitic and advaitic at the same time whether they think about these philosophical things or not. I am a monistic theist myself - Advaita Isvarapada.
The shad dharsanas are gone leaving only vedanta. Nothing is sacrosanct, even the other 5 dharsanas that were written by eminent vedic rishis. We are grateful to that period of change and evolution of Hindu philosophy. Philosophical models come and go, but the worship of the gods remains. Well, even here there has been great change; from numerous vedic gods, we have only about a dozen today that is worshipped. Brahma has disappeared, now only found in Bali.
Today, the whole of the smirthis is being challenged and rejected, and parts of the vedanta models are being queried too. Meanings and translations of the vedanta sutras are being queried as the language used is now thought by academics to have more wider interpretations, and open ended. No longer are Hindus wanting to be just confined to veda and vedanta; they want inclusion of agamanta and bakti philosophy too as integral to Hindu philosophy. Vedanta sutras is now considered just another book in the Hindu library, neither more or less important than the others. Hindus are wanting to be more balanced.
Regards.
Pathma
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I agree Kaushal.
The Mahavakyas are most clear, yet a path to those truths thru temple worship and love and devotion of a Personal God instils a dvaitic relationship. Most Hindus are dvaitic and advaitic at the same time whether they think about these philosophical things or not. I am a monistic theist myself - Advaita Isvarapada.
The shad dharsanas are gone leaving only vedanta. Nothing is sacrosanct, even the other 5 dharsanas that were written by eminent vedic rishis. We are grateful to that period of change and evolution of Hindu philosophy. Philosophical models come and go, but the worship of the gods remains. Well, even here there has been great change; from numerous vedic gods, we have only about a dozen today that is worshipped. Brahma has disappeared, now only found in Bali.
Today, the whole of the smirthis is being challenged and rejected, and parts of the vedanta models are being queried too. Meanings and translations of the vedanta sutras are being queried as the language used is now thought by academics to have more wider interpretations, and open ended. No longer are Hindus wanting to be just confined to veda and vedanta; they want inclusion of agamanta and bakti philosophy too as integral to Hindu philosophy. Vedanta sutras is now considered just another book in the Hindu library, neither more or less important than the others. Hindus are wanting to be more balanced.
Regards.
Pathma